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[TheMacGuy]

Was able to snipe this nice little iBook off eBay. Its a M6411 Graphite iBook, which means its a 466MHz Special Edition iBook! Sniped it for a total of $35. Still have to pay the lady, but it looks to be in decent condition, minus some Sharpie writing on the bottom casing (anyone know how to get that off?). This brings my iBook collection up to 3 of the 5 colors, with only Indigo and Key Lime left to get (although I would also like to get a 366MHz Graphite as the plastic coloring was what Apple called "ice" and not white, so 6 iBooks in total). Half way to completing my iBook collection I have been wanting for so many years! Now I need to fix the Blueberry's LCD.

 

[TheMacGuy]

Can a mod please rename this thread: TMGs Latest ?

Thanks!

 

[antony701]

That's a very good price for graphite iBook. congratulations.

 

[TheMacGuy]

Thanks! I hope to turn it into a good portable Tiger machine (since the Dual-USB is proving to be unruly. I might even get a new battery and HDD for it.

 

[TheMacGuy]

Well, got the iBook today. Has a RAM problem that wasn't stated in the description. In fact, the guy said it booted, but now it is issuing a bad RAM tone. No SODIMM was installed, so its on board RAM.

 

[uniserver]

your should buy a TAM!

 

[Macdrone]

Shipping or dirt inside can cause that. I have had 2 ibooks that popped up with cache processor erors then self destructed shortly afterwards.

 

[TheMacGuy]

your should buy a TAM!

If I could afford one, I would love to have one! That is one the coolest designs Apple put out in my opinion!

I have had 2 ibooks that popped up with cache processor erors then self destructed shortly afterwards.

Oh boy. What colors were they? The other odd problem is no sound, at all! When the the sleep indicator starts blinking, no beep. And it blinks 4 times (long, short, short, short). I thought RAM problems only blunk 3 times, with 3 beeps.

 

[Macdrone]

It takes a little while but my best suggestion is to take it apart and clean and clean some more under the motherboard. If it has issues and sound is one of them, may have already been taken apart as the speaker is wired to the keyboard area part of the case. I am pretty sure ifixit has take aparts on it as thats what i used for a while. All the ibooks I have seen cache fluid in the back like a rain gutter. Interesting how keyboards go bad alot now but the ibook was a motherboard cooking bad boy. I have 5 at the moment with one as parts as the motherboard is iffy and the case is junk.

Good Luck.

 

[TheIanMan85]

And it blinks 4 times (long, short, short, short). I thought RAM problems only blunk 3 times, with 3 beeps.

You inspired me to go digging around in the clamshell service manual for any info. It would seem that there's a sound issue as you stated since it seems the flashes should be accompanied by beeps. This says four flashes would be equal to three beeps (no good banks). The manual says to double check with known good RAM, if it repeats replace the MoBo...and if it happens without any RAM in the slot...replace the MoBo. Lack of sound is suspicious and could also be a symptom of a dead board. :'(

I wish I had better news... A 466 MHz Graphite iBook was my first new laptop and served me well the first two years of High School. I thought the school's T1 powered WiFi was the greatest thing ever at the time.

I know I'd love to see a picture of it along with your other colors!

 

[TheMacGuy]

Well the graphite is probably getting sent back, unless the seller doesn't want it back since it is virtually useless. If that does end up happening, I will probably troubleshoot and see whats wrong. If I can't figure it out, it will be used as parts for my Blueberry which needs an LCD.

I'll take some pictures later, right now I need to contact the seller and see what he wants to do.

 

[TheMacGuy]

Seller wants it back, and will pay for the return shipping. I'll be on the lookout for another clamshell, either Indigo, Graphite, or the rare Lime.

 

[fairchild]

i had a mint lime 366 that i really regret selling

 

[TheMacGuy]

Don't worry fair, one will come along for you!

Lime is my favorite color in the iBooks. That nuclear green color, just, WOW!

I'm going to start going after some 68ks. And more iBooks of course.

And whatever I can get my grubby little paws on for cheap.

 

[CC_333]

Hi,

Just a bit of warning: I am also on the lookout for iBooks, but I have found that it's extremely rare to find one in good condition for much less than $100 (and they don't show up at places other than eBay very often, adding to the difficulty).

That being said, I recently found two iBooks on Craigslist (a Graphite and an Indigo) for $150 shipped (that's about $75 each, I think); that's probably close to the cheapest I have found for those particular ones, and they're among the few I've come across on Craigslist.

Be that as it may, it's probably quite dumb to complain about the high prices now, since they sold for well above $1000 new.

In other words, these things are relatively cheap right now, even at $100+.

OK, that's enough...

c

p.s. Incidentally, I am also looking for a Key Lime iBook!!!

 

[uniserver]

are you going to make a nifty:

CC_333's Latest ... ?

 

[CC_333]

I thought of it, but I really don't get enough stuff on a regular enough basis for me to justify one.

That may change, however } .

c

 

[markyb86]

If you come across another with sharpie on it, 50/50 mix of acetone and alcohol and a rag (& a little elbow grease) can get it most if not all off. I had some numerals on my G4 tower which has similar if not the same plastics. Cant see them unless you look really hard now.

 

[TheMacGuy]

It wasn't on the plastic, instead the rubber button.